I wish I felt this way...

It's 3:54 am and here I am...  updating the bog, reading, surfing the web and everyone else's blog, when all I want to do is go to bed.  But BLINK, BLINK, BLINK...  

I thought yawns were suppose to be contagious.

Oral hygiene model.

 I'm so glad we don't have to fight (much) with her in this regards.  (Usually)

Playdate with Monroe Hopkins.

 Friends - sharing a Hershey's chocolate.

 Then having an indoor picnic...  so fun!

  PRETENDING to nap.  On the landing of the stairs...  a perfect place.

Some tired girls...  and their dads.

Rock (climbing) star!

It's awesome seeing Dylan try new things!  She is such a sponge - soaking up all sorts of knowledge.

Sad day for Mommy.

Dylan woke up one morning saying "I'm going to grow big and strong."

I said to her "But you'll always be my baby."

She, emphatically, said "No, I won't"

I said "Yes, you will."

She, even more emphatically, yelled "NO I WON'T!"

Sad day.  My little baby is now a little girl.  But she did agree that she would, forever, be my bunkie!

Hood River with the DeAinzas.

The Columbia Gorge Hotel...  My sister got married here.  It was a great day trip.

 Beautiful!  But very COLD!

 Dylan - all bundled up!

 Each with an iPhone...  no old fashioned road trip games here.  We're high tech all the way.

Sunny days make good zoo days.

 We got to see the baby elephant - she's been asking for this for a while.  Fun day!

Many faces of Dylan.

This looks like me (mommy) when I was little.

 Her mad face.

 Her happy face.

 Her funny face.

She's growing up!

Dylan got a real bed last weekend and started sleeping in it on January 28, 2013!

No looking back.  We are, officially, going to retire the crib.  Since when asked to choose, she chooses her new big bed.